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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
4
A collection of rustic maxims on wealth and effort notes that spending on coal signals extravagance while fate rewards small deeds. It counsels humility, warns against pretension, and quips that misjudged vanity harms the hopeful, with a remark on the ugliness of infancy and its future charm.
The Claypool Lumber and Coal Co advertises a large stock of doors window frames windows and barn siding in Northern Indiana at discounted prices.
Bullet from a 22 Winchester struck Bullet Entered N J Noah J Hammon in the right foot Tuesday evening. He believed he had removed all cartridges after hunting a rabbit and the gun discharged while resting against his shoe. The wound cut around the bone but did not hit major vessels and will keep him on crutches for a few days.
North Manchester saw a collision between Big Four southbound freight No. 65 and a Vandalia freight on the crossing around two o clock Tuesday night. The tracks were not cleared until nearly noon on Wednesday.
A barn belonging to Jackson Kreamer at Rose Hill burned last Thursday. The blaze started by a Big Four locomotive. Implements and two hogs burned. Family away at work and picnic. logs about 6200 with small insurance.
Mr and Mrs Ed Schock and daughter Janetta returned to Fort Wayne after a two weeks outing at Myrtle-Glenn park. Miss Lucy Underhill accompanied them home for a week's visit. Several other families including the Rouzers Moran and Morton family arrived from Fort Wayne for a two week outing at Myrtle-Glenn park.
Mrs J W Walbarn and Miss Barrett visit today. Opal Schull ill but improving this week. Claypool Lumber & Coal Co advertises shingles cheap. Venitian night drawing neighbors. Must Stop Bleaching Flour debate hinges on interstate shipments. Amanda Rhodes visiting Williston ND. Band concert Wednesday. Tony Leithman from Chicago visiting T C McClure. Cline & Co. offers latest copyrights and books.
Local readers note Democrat sweep talk and Republican optimism amid Indiana campaigns. Families visit Rochester and Elkhart. press bureaus extend partisan messaging. Ball game Sunday features Warsaw Walk Overs and Silver Lake. Local ads promote paint supplies and a house for sale with inquiries at the Record Office.
Mr and Mrs Lackey arrive from Kansas City to visit Mrs Yates in South Silver Lake. A Pearson and Samuel Bush welcome relatives from Wabash for a short vacation with Mrs Bash and Mr Andrew Hamman in residence. Chicago visitors Curt Conway plan to tour Elkhart before returning home. Cline Co advertises low prices on recent copyrights. Philip Amiss and wife from Huntington visit and take daughter Nellie home, leaving Ollie for a couple weeks. Building materials for plastering are listed.
Dispatches from Washington report government officials surprised by low interest in postal savings banks. About two hundred thousand postmasters have indicated public interest, none from Indiana. The plan will be tested in a few eastern and Illinois cities.
A Logansport man claims he reads the stars and warns heart failure will be prevalent for two years. He advises those aware of their condition to avoid excitement and not retire on a full stomach. The author quips that high living is costly and thus not likely a danger.
An ad claims malaria is a deadly disease with symptoms like chills fever and jaundice. It touts Brat elec tric bitters as a guaranteed remedy, citing a testimonial from Wm A. Fretnel of Lucama North Carolina who says three bottles cured a sovere attack and provided lasting health. The product also purportedly helps stomach liver and kidney issues and prevents typhoid, priced at 60 cents with guarantee by Rager.
A warning against boys loafing at night on the streets. The piece contrasts boys who stay home with good books as the republic’s future leadership against those who roam streets and risk penitentaries and asylums. It stresses parental responsibility and moral discipline.
A Milford Mail excerpt argues that physicians are judged harshly when quick results do not appear. It emphasizes that doctors blend medicine with lifestyle guidance, advising rest, diet, and reduced worry to support healing. The honest physician strives to improve conditions as well as prescribe remedies.
Washington bulletin No. 383 highlights the destructive impact and low economic value of the English sparrow. It urges farmers to act collectively to eradicate the pest within two years and invites readers to obtain the free Department of Agriculture address for guidance.
A Wells Maine resident, A. G. C. Libby, recalls decades of travel and mounting nervous prostration. The ad promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a remedy to restore nervous system strength and organ harmony with a money back guarantee if no benefit.
The Warsaw team defeated Silver Lake 11 to 10 in a closely contested ball game played last Sunday. Both teams committed multiple errors but the visitors held on for the win.
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